Ketoprak for the Sultan
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
A strongly worded statement by President Yudhoyono about Sultan Hamengku Buwono X is deemed unethical. The atmosphere is heating up with the approach of the 2009 elections.
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STANDING before the podium, the man appeared calm. Wearing a light-brown safari jacket, Subardi, 55, a Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) member from Yogyakarta Special Province, began to read out a two-page statement.
But, upon reaching the third item, his voice faltered. “There isn’t any more, sorry. The rest of the pages are blank,” he said bashfully. The other assembly members chuckled. After a moment he stepped off the platform
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